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  1. Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36
    …. {{Image url="Supermarine.jpg" class="right" title="Early Supermarine Flying Boat" width="450" }} == Flying Boats == When aviation kicked off one of the major problems of flying to a destination was finding somewhere for the aircraft to land…
  2. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
    … 1995" death_place="Belfast, Ireland" }}|| The first laboratory controlled splitting of the atom happened in **1932** when John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton focused a proton beam onto lithium and bust its nucleus. The era of **nuclear physics…
  3. Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
    …eratures which led to the idea of the thermos or vacuum flask. His invention was brought to consumers in '''**1904**''' when it was realised the 'Thermos' could be used equally well to keep liquids for consumption hot as well as cold. It had d…
  4. Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46
    …y fencing. Glastonbury costs **£22m** to put on every year. The tickets **always** sell out. With one exception, 2008 when headline act was rapper Jay-Z, it is a //music// festival. {{Tag ids="Rock music festival "}}…
  5. Phototherapy — 2023-10-09 23:41:51
    …was more healthy than a stuffy hospital. One warm summer day in the 1950s Sister J Ward took a premature baby outside. When she returned to the unit, the baby was a pale yellow except for a small bright yellow section which had been covered up…
  6. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
    …g''' which was mounted on a '''cast iron base'''. The device was buried in the road and fixed in position with asphalt. When vehicles drove over the dome the rubber contracted and the glass beads dropped safely beneath the road surface. {{imag…
    …enance, Shaw even devised a way for his Catseyes to '''clean themselves'''. The cast iron base collected rain water and whenever the top of the dome was depressed, the rubber would wash rainwater across the glass beads to clear away any dust or…
  7. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36
    … cord (Legend has it that this was first done in 1713 by a boy, '''Humphrey Potter''', charged with opening the valves; when he grew bored and wanted to play with the other children he set up ropes to automate the process.) '''Humphrey Gainsbo…
    …*watt**' in electricity is named after James Watt to describe the power produced. And he coined the term **horsepower** when describing his engines saying that they 'could do the work of six horses' which we still use to describe the power of a…
  8. Portland Cement — 2023-10-08 00:16:46
    …ght" title="Aspdin Blue Plaque" width="300" }} == A Classic Title == Aspdin called the product Portland cement because when set, it resembled '**Portland stone**', a limestone that is quarried on the Isle of Portland off the British Coast. Por…
  9. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
    …te reservations (he once described his son as "no better than a garage hand"), put up the money for his early patents. (When Sir Sydney died in 1962, aged 94, some obituaries of this great museum director and manuscript collector, friend of Ber…
  10. English Bible — 2023-09-25 23:57:13
    …"0300065809" }}>> Translating the Bible into English made Tyndale very unpopular, he was forced into hiding in Europe. When he was eventually caught Tyndale was found guilty of heresy and executed by strangulation then burned at the stake. His…
  11. WorldWideWeb — 2023-09-23 15:57:32
    …s, allow the reader to jump instantly from one electronic document to another. Berners-Lee had already used this format when he wrote Enquire. == Small Beginnings == Many small steps had set the way for computers to communicate with each othe…
  12. Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
    … he never stopped learning. He read the books in his grandfather's library and studied tutorials. == Narrow Escape == When he was in his early 20's, his two brothers died of tuberculosis. Bell himself had the disease and his father moved the …
  13. PIN — 2023-09-23 15:56:10
    … Martins bank had asked Chubb to produce a machine to be placed outside the bank that would allow customers to get cash when it was shut. The task was taken up by Kelvin Hughes, a subsidiary of Smiths Industries Ltd. Goodfellow designed a so…
  14. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55
    …_date="now" death_place="" }} Mr Kramer b.1956 of Hitchin, [[Hertfordshire]], invented and built the device in 1979 – when he was just 23. {{{toc}}} His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes of music on to a chip – but Mr Kram…
  15. Electric Motor — 2023-09-23 15:52:02
    … increased the power even more. But the drawback of creating motion with powerful magnets is that the motion is stopped when the poles repell. == And the Commutator == {{Image url="WilliamSturgeonMotor.jpg" class="left" title="The principle o…
  16. Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
    … " width="" }} In 1821, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted observed the phenomenon of electromagnetism when an electrical wire was placed near a compass. Michael Faraday built two devices to produce what he called electromagnet…
    …rinciple of electromagnetic generators. The horseshoe-shaped magnet (A) created a magnetic field through the disk (D). When the disk was turned this induced an electric current radially outward from the centre toward the rim. The current flowe…
  17. ATM — 2023-09-23 12:02:41
    … well as stock certificates for the New York Stock Exchange.. John's inspiration for the ATM came one Saturday in 1965 when he had gone into town to take some money out of his bank, but he had arrived one minute late and found the bank doors l…
  18. Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
    …rrins 1837 === {{Databox Title="Worcestershire Sauce" Image="Worcestershire-sauce.jpg" Width="250" Who="Lea & Perrins" When="1837" class="right" }} ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] John Wheeley Lea (1791-1874) & William H…
    …r at Cheltenham. == Spin Offs == The **Bloody Mary**, one of the world's most popular cocktails was created in 1921, when **Fernand Petiot**, the barman at the fashionable 'Harry's New York Bar' in Paris added **Lea & Perrins Worcestershire …
    …Sauce** to that glorious combination of vodka and tomato juice. When **Caesar Cardini** created his **"Caesar Salad"** Worcestershire Sauce gave it that kick with a hint of anchovy. [[ht…
  19. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11
    …ent on to produce a revenue of £1000 a year. Jennings was awarded a gold medal for this pioneering and essential work, when by the 1890s he had enriched public thoroughfares all over Britain. His firm's catalogue of 1895 listed 36 towns and 'm…
  20. Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
    …rtin's Theatre since 1974. The play ran continuously since then for {{Datediff from="6/10/1952" to="16/3/2020" }} years when COVID forced a suspension. It then resumed on 17 May 2021. It has by far the longest opening run of any play in history…
  21. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21
    … in towns. ~- Be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag to warn the public. The speed limit stood until **1896** when it was raised to 14 mph! These draconian measures crippled Britain from leading the way with automobiles. {{tag ids="…
  22. Olivia Newton John — 2023-04-06 17:15:33
    … mother, Irene Helene was born in Germany but fled during the war. == Australia == Her family emigrated to Australia when she was 5 but her mother encouraged her to pursue her singing career in Britain. ::c:: == Back in Britain == After st…
    …ed Kingdom in the //Eurovision Song Contest// with the song "**Long Live Love**". Newton-John's career hit new heights when she starred in the film musical **Grease** in 1978. She played the lead role of Sandy. {{Image url="GreaseNewton-John.…
  23. Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
    …stard for his wife. After much experimenting he found that cornflour powder would thicken to form a custard-like sauce when mixed with milk and heated. {{Image url="BirdsCustard.jpg" class="right" title="Birds Custard" width="300" }} He fo…
  24. Full Breakfast — 2022-05-20 12:26:19
    …965)// The full breakfast is a centuries old British breakfast tradition dating back at least to the 1300's, just about when the British said goodbye to the French, //'Au Revoir'//. === Full English Breakfast === {{Image url="Full_English_Brea…
  25. Police — 2022-05-20 08:52:50
    …he law. ~1) Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient. ~1) Police, at all times, should maintain …
  26. Loch Ness Monster — 2022-05-03 17:06:34
    … beast// living in Scotland’s Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster was boosted when a sighting made the local news on May 2, 1933. The newspaper Inverness Courier related an account of a local couple who…
    …o. == In History == There are many references to “Nessie” in Scottish history, dating back to around** A.D. 500**. When local Picts carved a strange aquatic creature into standing stones near Loch Ness. {{Image url="Loch-Ness.jpg" title=…
    … In **565**, according to the biographer, Columba was on his way to visit the king of the northern Picts near Inverness when he stopped at Loch Ness to confront a beast that had been killing people in the lake. Seeing a large beast about to att…
  27. KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
    …me_rowntree.jpg" width="300" class="left" title="War-time issue Kitkat " }} It was changed to a blue wrapper in 1945, when it was produced with a plain chocolate covering due to shortages of milk after the war. It reverted back to red in 1947…
    when the standard milk chocolate KitKat was reintroduced. == Record Breaker == In 2010 the Guinness Book of Records certif…
    …ied #%KitKat#% as the ** most sold chocolate brand across the world ** when it was sold in 72 countries. Today more than 17 billion #% KitKat #% fingers are eaten each year from 14 factories arou…
  28. Pneumatic Tyre — 2022-05-03 16:45:33
    …ee below] , in the same year. A local firm, W. Edlin and Co, then agreed to manufacture frames to fit the new tyre; and when, in 1889, a well-known local cyclist, Willie Hume, won a race at Cherryvale using it, the novelty started to catch on. …
  29. Hip Replacement — 2021-08-20 11:18:03
    …s to prevent cross-infection. == Key to Success == He wrote to all his patients asking //'could he have the hips back when they died?'// When a patient passed away, someone would be sent to go and collect the hips and the lymph nodes to corr…
  30. Heroin — 2021-08-20 11:14:28
    …ntinued to test diacetylmorphine and Bayer marketed it as 'Heroin' an analgesic and "sedative for coughs" in 1888. But when its addictive quality became a problem , Bayer ceased its production in 1913.…
  31. Cary Grant — 2021-08-20 10:57:47
    … Leach'** on January 18, 1904 at 15 Hughenden Road, Horfield, a suburb of Bristol, [[Gloucestershire ]] [[England]]. When he was 10 years old, Grant was told that his mother was dead while, in fact, she had been committed to an institution b…
  32. Atomic Clock — 2021-08-20 10:45:05
    …oms on one end, a microwave cavity in the middle probing the atoms frequency and a sensitive detector at the other end. When it was first put in to operation, it was accurate to one second in 300 years. == Links == [[http://www.npl.co.uk/60-y…
  33. Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
    … Penicillin == British scientist Alexander Fleming was working in his laboratory at St. Mary’s Hospital in [[London]] when almost by accident, he discovered a naturally growing substance that could attack certain bacteria. Fleming observed co…
    …cus aureus **bacteria that had been worn down or killed by mold growing on the same plate or petri dish. Fleming said: "When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering t…
  34. Roundabout — 2021-08-16 09:58:53
    …= A true roundabout is as near to maintenance free as you can get. No traffic light bulbs to replace or traffic chaos when there is a power cut. New research in America has shown that where a roundabout has been installed, savings of up to 4…
    …own that roundabouts result in 90% reduction in fatalities, 76% reduction in injuries and 35% reduction in all crashes. When there is a collision on a roundabout they tend to be sideswipes as opposed to a head on crash. You can always shoot a r…
  35. Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
    …t" title="1907 report on Berberi" width="400" }} Doctor Fletcher was researching the causes of the disease **Beriberi** when he discovered that eating unpolished rice prevented Beriberi and eating polished rice did not. William Fletcher believe…
  36. Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
    …ufactured a working version. Early telescopes, like those used by Galileo, consisted of glass lenses mounted in a tube. When the light from a star passed through a lens, the different colours were refracted. This meant that the components of w…
  37. Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
    …="K2a.jpg" class="left" title="K2a" width="200" }} At the rear of the appliance was a bimetallic strip thermostat, and when water boiled, steam was forced through an aperture in the lid to the strip, which knocked the switch off. It was simple…
  38. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
    …n of **Mafeking** for seven months from the besieging Boer troops, the first real British triumph in the **Boer War**. When he returned to England, he discovered that many boys and young men were avidly reading his book '**Aids to Scouting**'.…
  39. Public Park — 2021-08-14 20:30:20
    …ore than **1848 feet long and 456 feet wide and 135 feet high**. Despite widespread cynicism amongst press and public, when the Great Exhibition opened in May 1851 it was an enormous success. In October, Paxton was knighted by Queen Victoria. …
    When the exhibition finished, the Crystal Palace was re-erected in Sydenham in south London, where it remained popular until…
  40. Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50
    …sh Empire the two eventually combined to make an irresistible meal. It's popularity was boosted during World War II when fish and chips remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to rationing. === Tommyfield 1860 === …
  41. Fingerprints — 2021-08-14 20:06:49
    …evised by Haque and Bose ( working under their supervisor, Sir Edward Richard Henry), was accepted in England and Wales when the first United Kingdom Fingerprint Bureau was founded in Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police headquarters, London,…
  42. Christmas Cracker — 2021-08-12 20:39:19
    …}} Eureka! Now it all came together. The tube to hold the toy, a corny joke and a paper hat all flew out of the product when two people pulled it apart with cracking sound. By 1900 the company were producing 13 million crackers a year. Over th…
  43. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
    …nd later by **Humphry Davy**, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity using an immense electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the carbon glowed, producing light. But this was more like an …
  44. Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
    …surface. The technique did not include making the stones stick. This was fine in the days of horse drawn vehicles, but when cars started to become commonplace the surface became dusty and inadequate, the jagged material meant tyres often punc…
    …tured. And when it rained, many roads became impassable due to ruts and mud. The process was an improvement on methods used by **Thoma…
    …s Telford** and Trésaguet. == Hooley is inspired == In 1901 Hooley was walking in Denby in [[Derbyshire]] when he noticed a smooth stretch of road close to an ironworks. He asked locals what had happened and was told a barrel of …
  45. Jigsaw Puzzle — 2021-08-09 21:24:39
    …ok over 100 years after they were invented - that these ‘dissections’ began to be known as ‘**jigsaw puzzles**’ when manufacturers started producing cheaper puzzles for children made from cardboard. Jigsaw puzzles are still very popula…
  46. Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
    …egan to appear. Originally meant to provide food and refreshment for Roman soldiers they were built all over England. When the Romans finally withdrew from Britain they left behind the beginnings of the modern pub. In **965 King Edgar** the t…
    …erpint.jpg" class="right" title="A pint of British beer" width="200" }} The use of **pint** for beer dates back to 1215 when a measure for ale was standardised in the Magna Carter. The word **Inn** is derived from the Saxon meaning room. At one…
    …st common name for a pub today is **‘The Red Lion’**. The name originates from the time of **James VI** of Scotland when he ascended the English throne in 1603. He ordered that the heraldic red lion of Scotland be displayed on all buildings…
  47. Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46
    …e being superceded by the [[Railway]]. Even as late as 1881 Chester A. Arthur, then a U.S. president, spoke sneeringly when he denounced a band of desperadoes as //cowboys//. {{Image url="Cowboy_England.jpg" class="left" title="Cowboy in Brita…
  48. Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
    …The word sandwich that we use today was born in [[London]] [[England]] during the very late hours one night in **1762** when an English nobleman, John Montagu (1718-1792), the **Fourth Earl of Sandwich**, was too busy gambling to stop for a mea…
    …ives us the word vicinity. >>{{amazon items="English Place-names" }}>> The word sandwich has since taken on many uses. When something or someone is stuck between two other objects they are said to be 'sandwiched'. I wonder what expression they…
  49. Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
    …ance seemed bland to the English palette as cider was well established with its much livelier quality. As early as 1662 when '''Christopher Merret''' presented a paper to the newly formed Royal Society in which he stated that sugar and molasses…
    …s decades before Dom Pérignon who is traditionally considered to have invented sparkling wine in Champagne around 1697 when he declared //“Come quickly, I am tasting the stars’’//. French made their first sparkling Champagne, which was …
  50. Refrigeration — 2021-08-08 18:50:45
    …]] in **1748**. In his demonstration, Cullen used a pump to create a small vacuum over a container of diethyl ether. When the deithyl ether began to boil, it absorbed the heat from the container's surroundings, causing it to cool. This was r…
  51. Marmalade — 2021-08-08 18:49:30
    …f orange marmalade but this recipe was spreadable, on toast. == So the Story Goes == Legend has it in the 18th century when a Spanish ship took refuge from a storm, in the harbour at Dundee. On board was a consignment of Seville Oranges - whic…
    …English followed. James Boswell remarks that he and Samuel Johnson were offered it at breakfast in Scotland in 1773. When American writer Louisa May Alcott visited Britain in the 1800s, she described "a choice pot of marmalade and a slice of…
  52. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16
    … veneer is alternated which is called cross-graining and has several benefits: it reduces the tendency of wood to split when nailed at the edges and it reduces expansion and shrinkage while improving strength. In 1797 Samuel Bentham applied fo…
    …ywood. Over fifty years later machining equipment for the process was improved by Immanuel Nobel. == Naval career == When he was 14, Bentham was apprenticed to a shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, he later completed his 7-year training at the …
  53. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
    …ngs from the nest (contrary to the existing belief that the adult cuckoo did it) was only confirmed in the 20th century when photography became feasible and Jenner was **proved correct**. Having observed the behaviour, he demonstrated an anatom…
  54. Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49
    …us sylvestris) and it is accepted that other varieties were probably introduced into Europe and Britain in prehistory. When the Romans //visited// Britain in 55BC they found Celts in Kent already enjoying fermented apple but it was probably no…
  55. Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
    …e Gilmours sought to turn the process into a business. == Feeding the Troops == The popularity of Marmite was boosted when [[Vitamins]] were discovered by [[Vitamins|William Fletcher]]. Yeast was discovered to be a great source of five import…
    …ry by Mr **FG Garton**, a [[Nottinghamshire Nottingham]] grocer. He was down on his luck and couldn't pay his bills, so when Edwin Samson Moore, owner of the Midland Vinegar Company, offered to cancel his debt with the company and pay him £150…
  56. Patent Leather — 2021-01-31 22:10:03
    …ertain way that he has discovered, by means of which, leather is said to be rendered perfectly impervious to water, and when soiled, requires only to be wiped with a sponge to restore it to its original lustre.^^ == Then came colour == {{Image…
  57. Electric Toaster — 2020-12-01 01:05:39
    …dth="200" }}<< Crompton's reputation was such that, in 1880, the chemist [[Light Bulb|Joseph Swan]] sought his opinion when he first developed incandescent lamps for indoor use. Crompton immediately saw the potential and, within a couple of ye…
  58. Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
    …This lead Nigel Mackenzie to offer a £10,000 prize to anyone who could disprove it was English with a pre-1972 recipe. When no one claimed the prize, Mackenzie proudly erected a plaque at the restaurant's entrance proclaiming it, **"The Birthp…
  59. Golf — 2020-11-30 16:29:33
    …" class="right" title="Golf Course " width="400" }} Golf was first played officially throughout [[Scotland]] from 1502, when the ban was lifted. === Edinburgh Scotland 1502 === Most of the early references to golf in Scottish official records …
    …are either to ban it or to condemn those playing it. The first documented mention is in Edinburgh on 6th March 1457, when King James II banned ‘ye golf’, in an attempt to encourage archery practice, which was being neglected. Golf in it…
  60. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47
    …s broken arms and legs not uncommon. The game that we know today emerged at '''Eton College''' in England in the 1860s when the first rules were written down. Further rules were written in 1875 when the first Hockey Association was formed. The…
    … evidenced by a curling stone inscribed with the date **1511**, uncovered along with another bearing the date **1551**, when an old pond was drained at **Dunblane**, Scotland. The first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming …
  61. Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16
    …s 35 feet (11 m) wide by 20 feet (6 m) high, it is 434 yards (396 m) long, and 25 yards (23 m) below the river surface. When it was completed it was called the "**Eighth wonder of the world**". ::c:: Brunel was the third attempt to build a tunn…
    …e url="ThamesTunnelOpen.jpg" class="right" title="The 'Eighth wonder of the world' the Thames Tunnel Opens" width="" }} When both shafts were in position miners were hired from coal mines and the tunnel excavation began. During the building …
  62. Vacuum cleaner — 2020-10-11 23:24:10
    …ea. On returning home he decided to test his idea by placing a wet cloth over a cushioned chair and sucking on it hard. When he turned over the cloth, it was filthy from the dust that had been trapped in it. In his own words, he had invented th…
    …legal battles as would-be competitors attempted to cash in on his invention, and other inventors staked their claims. When a serious outbreak of '''Spotted Fever''' broke out among soldiers stationed at **Crystal Palace**, all conventional at…
  63. Cricket — 2020-08-26 21:18:47
    … == {{Image url="Cricketball.jpg" class="left" width="100"}}The beginnings of modern cricket is said to be to be 1787, when the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most promin…
  64. TV Black and White Kiss — 2020-08-17 09:07:45
    …ca to be with his mother, who runs a social club in Brixton. Mrs Jordan has ambitions for her only son and is mortified when he starts seeing Terry - not because she's white but because she's a working class Cockney. [[http://www.screenonline.…
  65. Linoleum — 2020-08-17 08:43:03
    …="Linoleum" width="" }} **Walton** accelerated the oxidation process by heating it with lead acetate and zinc sulphate. When he mastered his //recipe// he took out a patent eventually calling it **Linoleum**, derived from the Latin words “li…
  66. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
    …n. {{Image url="Whittle_monument_wm.jpg" class="right" width="120" title="Sir Frank Whittle monument in Gloucester" }} When war broke out a contract for full-scale development was immediately sent to Power Jets, later a number of tenders to va…
    …W.1X, which ran for the first time on '''December 14, 1940'''. This engine powered the Gloster E.28/39 for taxi testing when it took to the air for a short hop at Brockworth on '''April 7, 1941'''. == In Honour == There is now a monument to S…
  67. Milk of Magnesia — 2020-08-09 19:55:03
    …duce the medicine commercially. By-products of the process included sodium, potassium bicarbonates and silicates, which when treated with sulphuric acid could be used as an artificial fertiliser. {{Image url="JamesMurrayPlaque.jpg" class="right…
  68. Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
    …t acted on the apple also governed the motion of the Moon and planets. {{Image url="Apple_falling.gif" class="right" }} When he saw the apple fall, Newton began to think about a specific kind of motion—gravity. Newton understood that gravity …
    …h mathematics. He formulated laws of motion and gravitation. These laws are math formulas that explain how objects move when a force acts on them. Isaac published his most famous book, Principia, in 1687 while he was a mathematics professor at …
  69. Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
    …="Xmascard.jpg" width="200" title="Christmas Card" }}||The custom of sending Christmas cards started in Britain in 1840 when the first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began. Over a billion Christmas cards are now sent every year in the Un…
    …r is a brightly coloured paper tube, twisted at both ends, which contains a party hat, riddle and toy or other trinket. When it is pulled by two people it gives out a crack as its contents are dispersed.|| == Boxing Day == ||{{Image url="Boxin…
  70. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34
    … open with no doors capable of carrying two people or more. A passenger steps into a pod as it ascending then alights when it passes the required level, all while it moves at steady, moderate speed. The name comes from the Latin for ''Our Fa…
  71. Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
    …oklands" width="500" }} There were four Chitty's in all and Louis Zborowski died aged just 29 on the 19th October 1924 when his vehicle hit a tree.…
  72. Banksy — 2017-06-19 21:04:17
    …ol 1974 === His work is now very sought after commanding huge sums of money. Causing squabbles over who owns the images when they mysteriously appear on buildings. {{Image url="BanksyChelt.jpg" class="center" title="Banksy Chelt, GCHQ" width="…
  73. Viagra — 2017-06-01 14:56:53
    …jpg" title="Viagra pills" class="left" width="200" }} Terrett was conducting a study on Sildenafil as a heart medicine when it was discovered that it caused increased blood to flow to the penis as a side effect. Actually, the pill didn't pan o…
  74. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
    … of bridges, trucks and cranes, although the pieces they were made from were not interchangeable. The breakthrough came when Hornby realised that if he could make separate, interchangeable parts that could be bolted together, any model could be…
    …nts. {{Image url="Bigben.jpg" title="Big Ben Elizabeth tower" width="300" class="right" }} The key inventive step was when he used regular perforations in the structural pieces that could be used to join them together with nuts and bolts. By …
  75. Speedfit — 2017-05-11 00:37:50
    …e connection especially for domestic plumbing. Now any novice with DIY experience can make 100% water-tight connections when fitting in a new washing machine or bath etc. …
  76. Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52
    …k one morning to discover a waistcoat - almost finished - with a note saying "no more twist" pinned to it. In May 1894 when Beatrix Potter was staying with her cousin, Caroline Hutton in Harescombe Grange, [[Gloucestershire]]. Caroline told Be…
  77. Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
    …ing **Lindores Abbey** the (unofficial) birthplace of Scotch whisky. But it was still a mainly monastic production and when King Henry VIII of England dissolved the monasteries in 1541 production was forced underground and overnight. It was t…
    …his period when whisky received its famous nickname **"moonshine"**. == Then there's Whiskey == With a licence to distil Irish whisk…
  78. Mary Poppins — 2016-05-05 17:16:51
    …irst literary success. Many sequels followed. Travers' great aunt, Helen Morehead, who lived in Woollahra, Sydney, and when she visited Travers (Helen Lyndon Goff) in **Queensland** used to say, "Spit spot, into bed", was the inspiration for t…

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